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Ellidy Pullin’s whole word changed on Wednesday July 8, 2020. Ellidy, 30, was cleaning the house when her partner, snowboarding World and Olympic champion, Alex “Chumpy” Pullin – an enthusiastic spear-fisher – hugged her tight before heading to the beach to go diving for their dinner. Little did she know, it’d be the last time she’d hold him close.
Ellidy Pullin baby: In 2020, Ellidy's partner Alex 'Chumpy' Pullin died in a freak accident. The following year she gave birth to their daughter.
“The night of my partner Chumpy’s death, my brother sat next to me and started talking. I only heard two words: ‘sperm retrieval’.”
“The night of my partner Chumpy’s death, my brother sat next to me and started talking. I only heard two words: ‘sperm retrieval’.”
In a moving new memoir the widow of Australian Olympic snowboarder Alex 'Chumpy' Pullin recalls that chest pains she experienced while he was spearfishing were likely the moment he died.